Report: Impact of Smartphones on the Pharmaceutical Industry

This report investigates the impact of smartphones on the pharmaceutical industry. It begins with an executive summary and introduction, followed by research on smartphones and the pharmaceutical sector. A brainstorming section explores the practical applications of smartphones within the industry, focusing on enhanced communication, workforce management, and customer service. The report then analyzes the regulatory and ethical considerations surrounding smartphone use, referencing Lawrence Lessig's framework. It uses process model diagrams to illustrate the disruption caused by smartphones, contrasting pre-smartphone and post-smartphone scenarios to highlight improvements in communication, worker availability, and quality assurance. The conclusion emphasizes smartphones' positive impact on addressing communication issues and fostering industry growth. A bibliography of relevant sources is also included.

Running head: IMPACT OF SMART PHONES ON THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
Impact of smart phones on the pharmaceutical Industry
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Executive Summary
The use of the smartphones is very much beneficial in numerous industries such as the
pharmaceutical industry, as it helps them to minimize numerous complexities and
communication issues. The proposal will be aiming to identify the impact of using smartphones
in the pharmaceutical industry. The brainstorming procedure will be very much beneficial to
understand the impact of this technology from different perspectives. Lawrence Lessig’s
Regulation will also be discussed in this report. The impact of the technology will be discussed
and presented using process model diagrams. The proposal will be concluding with the identified
impact of the technology on the pharmaceutical industry.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Part 1: Research...............................................................................................................................3
Part 2: Brainstorming.......................................................................................................................3
Part 3: Regulation and Ethics..........................................................................................................4
Part 4: Disruption.............................................................................................................................4
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
Bibliography....................................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
The foremost determination of this proposal is to identify the impact of using
smartphones on the pharmaceutical industry. This proposal will have four tasks, which will be
very much significant to understand the impact of this technology on the pharmaceutical
industry.
Part 1: Research
Smart Phones: It can be defined as the type of mobile computing device which are
increasingly used in numerous industries to enhance productivity and efficiency. Smartphones
are increasingly used both in our society as well as in commercial establishments.
Pharmaceutical Industry: It can be defined as the type of industry which discovers
produces, and develops numerous categories of medicines and drugs. Each of the internal and
external stakeholders are needed to be managed in an organized manner using technologies like
smartphones and other IT innovations such as Information Systems.
Part 2: Brainstorming
The mobility and productivity of the employees working in the pharmaceutical industry can be
tracked and managed using advanced smartphones. The moral of the workforce and customer
service can also be improved using the facilities provided by smartphones.
The use of smartphones are very much common in the manufacturing industry, IT
industry and pharmaceutical industry.

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The 5th generation cellular network technology which is about to release can be used
along with the smartphones to enhance each of the business functions of the pharmaceutical
industry.
Part 3: Regulation and Ethics
Regulations Explanation
Market The communication facility of the smartphones can be useful to address
the uncertainties of this industry
Law The security threats of the pharmaceutical industry can be addressed
using the smartphone.
Architecture The organizational resources of the pharmaceutical industry can be
successfully protected using the secure data transfers ability of
smartphones.
Norms The use of this technology can help the pharmaceutical industry to deal
with the environmental regulations and work ethics which are required to
be maintained in the pharmaceutical industry.
Table 1: Inclosing of the recognised factors with the regulations of Lawrence Lessig
(Source: Created by the author)
Part 4: Disruption
Before smartphones
Categories of process Explanation
Events The internal stakeholders had numerous communications issues,
which was not for the business.
Activities The availability of the workers could not be tracked.
Decision points QoS cannot be monitored by the project managers of this industry.
Actors The employees and the workers suffered hugely due to the
absence of smartphones.
Outcomes Delivery of the service cannot be monitored by the Quality
Analysis team before the use of this

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Figure 1: Complications of the pharmaceutical industry before the use of
smartphones
(Source: Created by the author)
After using smartphones
Categories of process Explanation
Events The complexities of the communication between each of the
stakeholders can be addressed using smartphones.
Activities Availability of the workers can be monitored by the management
team of this industry using smartphones.
Decision points QoS offered by this industry can be analysed using smartphones.
Actors Both the internal stakeholders like managers and external
stakeholders like service providers are the actors of this business
process.
Outcomes Delivery of the products can be enhanced using smartphones.
Table 2: Illumination of the process
(Source: Created by the author)

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Figure 2: Issues addressed after using smartphones
(Source: Created by the author)
Conclusion
The proposal helps in understanding that the use of smartphones can be very much
beneficial as it can successfully be addressed the communication issue of the pharmaceutical
industry. The proposal also helps in identifying that the addressing of the communication issue
can help this industry to grow as compared with the other industries. Hence, in conclusion, it can
be said that smartphones can have a huge impact on the progress of the pharmaceutical industry.

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